If you know the style of Director Darren Aronofsky, it means you are quite familiar with the rather unusual storytelling like The Fountain or Black Swan. I the year 2014 his film NOAH failed to run in Indonesia with the reason that I think do not need to be exaggerated, and I doubt this one movie will also be aired, one thing for sure that Mother! is more ambiguous than NOAH and its interpretation can be much more diverse.

Jennifer Lawrence plays a woman living in a house with her husband (Javier Bardem) who is being fixed after a major incident such as a fire. In the midst of their calm atmosphere suddenly arrived a guest of a man (Ed Harris) and then a woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) and her children and then many others who upset the owner of the house, until his anger ‘exploded’.

Actually the story is NOT as simple as that, it’s just that you have to see it yourself in order to capture what Aronofsky wants to convey. The story can lead to multiple interpretations, aka each viewers can have different perspectives and insights from this movie, and I think this is intentional, just like The Fountain and Black Swan. The difference is Mother! somewhat grazing theological affairs, so as I said before that there is the possibility of this movie will not be run in Indonesia because it (may be considered) sensitive.

Let’s set aside the religious affairs for a while, I think Lawrence, Bardem, Harris and Pfeiffer’s performance is very excellent and so is the production design. The visual is kinda entertanining my eyes from beginning to end. If the movie The Fountain kinda make me sleepy, not with this movie, it’s exciting in a mysterious way. If you see the trailer, this movie looks like a thriller but it is not! Mother! is a drama that requires your concentration if you want to understand the whole story.

As my perspective on this movie; I think Lawrence is a symbol of Mother Nature, Bardem is Father Time, Harris and Pfeiffer representing Adam and Eve. Human interactions and their evil nature of the planet are symbolically represented from the early creation of the universe to the end of the world (doomsday), this is what will happen to us human beings on planet Earth that we love. Confused? Then let’s just say it’s like The Religious version oh The Matrix, if you understand the philosophy of The Matrix (the philosophy… not the fighting).

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